Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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P.6260 Stph
Gebruder Sulzer Aktiengesellschaft, of Wlnterthul~~ Switz_rland
A pressll~re-me~dium-opersted valve
The inventlon relates to a pressul-e-medium-operated valve
havillg: ~ body whlch encloses a valve chamber and in which ~ movin~
valve lid co-opersting wlth a valve seat in the casing is provlded;
and a cylinder screened from the vaIve chamber and subd iY lded by a
servopiston into two subchambers, the lid be!ng connected by way of a
spindle to the servopiston and the caslng co~munlcating, on that slde
of the valve seat near the lld, by way of an inlet port wlth a
pressure mediu~ supply and, on that side of the valve seat remote
from the lid, by way of an outlet port wlth a pressure medlum sink,
pressure-controllln~ means for selectively energlzlng at least one of
the two subchambers at various pressures being provided ln order to
move the lld towards or away fron, the seat.
A valve of this klnd ls known 1`rom CH-PS 589 ~15. It ls
usually designed in accordance with statio t`orces - ie., the forces
acting on the lnovlng system - i.e., the system comprisillg the valve
lid, servo plston and splndle - when such systeln is ln its normal
state. However, whell the valve opells varlous dynalnic torces act on
the moving system. For e~ample,pressure sur~es ~lay arlse because
the pressure of the medium, whlcll ls propagated from the lnlet port
towards tl-e outlet port, acts on the back of the lid as well as on
lts front and thus accelerates the opening movement. This can lead
to undeslrable vibration of the lid. When the pressure dlfferences
are very considerable the pressure surges also cause mechanical
stresses throughout the pressurised system. Also, other dynamlc
forces may be effectlve with the valve open, such as pulsatlng
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forces caused by deflectlon of tl~e flow of the medium at the lld
Flnally, the movinE~ system may experlence dynamk forces caused by a
change ln the state of ~he medlurn flowin~ through the valve lt` the
medium is, for example, steam whlcll because ot' a pressure chan~e
suddenly carries water alon~ wlth it, the water strlking the lld
abrup t Iy
It is the ob~ect of the inventlon to reduce ln a valve of the
kind set out and in a simple and economlc way the effect of the
dynarn Ic forces wh lch ar ise when the va Ive opens and c los~s
Accordln~ to the inventlon, to solve the probleln, tlle valve seat
merges on its side remote from the lld into a compensatin~ cylinder
in whlch a compensatin~ piston coaxially connected to the lld is
guided, those end faces of the lld and compellsating plston whlch are
near one another are of substantlally the same size as one another,
th e compensa t In~ cy I inder cha mber be tween the com pens a t Ln8 p is ton
and the lid is connected to the outlet port, a hollow ~low deflector
i5 dlsposed in the valve body upstream of the seat and the lld has
on its rr,edlum inflow slde an extenslon which ls of substantlally the
same diameter as the lld and which extends lnto the flow det'lector
l'he pressure surE~es are mostly absol-bed in the cornpensating
cylinder between the lld alld the co;npensatin~ plslon, so that there
is less tendency to vibrate and the openin~3 and closin~ movements
proceed srnoothly Mechanical stressln~ of the vellve is slso reduced.
~ecause of the flow deflector in assoclation wlth the lld extenslon
whlch extends into it, no flow deflectlons are produced on the inflow
slde of the valve lid, so that the resultlng pulsating ~'orces are
also obviated Also, abrupt chan~es ln the state of the medlum, for
example, water hammer, do not affect the lid since they are
intercepted by the flow deflector which is rl~idly dlsposed in the
va lve body
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An embodiment of the Inventlon wlll be descrlbed in sreater
detail hereinafter wlth reference to the drawin~ which ls a
lon~itudlnal section through a safety valve according to the
Invention actuated on the loadln~ principle.
A valve body 201 enclosln~ a valve chamber 202 has a vertlcal
cyllnder 204 which is screened from the chamber 202 and whlch a
servopiston 2~3 subdivides Into e bottom subchamber 205 and a ~.op
subchamber 20~. A valve lld 208 whlch co-operates with a valve seat
207 Is disposed in the chamber 202 and ls connected by way of a
spindle 209 to a coaxisl servopiston 203. On that slde ol` the valve
seat 207 whlch is near the lld 208 the body 201 ls connected to an
inlet port 210 to whlch a pressure medlum supply (not shown) Is
connected. On that slde of the seat 207 which ls remote trom the
lld 208 the valve chamber 202 merges lnto an outlet port 211
connected to a pressure medlum slnk ~not shown).
Disposed in the valve chamber 202 after the valve seat 207 as
considered ln the flow direction is a compensatln~ cylinder 214 ln
which a coaxlal compensatlng piston 213 connected to the spindle 2~9
Is ~ulded. Those end faces of the lld 208 and plston 203 whlch are
near one another are of approximately the same slze as one another.
The compensatlng cylinder 214 has between the plston Z13 and lld 208
a plerced zone 215 vle whlch the cyllnder 214 communlcates wlth the
outlet port 211.
The Inlet port 210 and the top subchamber 206 communlcate wlth
one ano-her vla a llne 216 havln~ a control valve 217. A restrlctor
bore 203' ln the servoplston 203 lnterconnects the two subchambers
205, 206. A rellef llne 220 connects the compensatlng cyllnder end
remOte from the lld 208 to a pressure medlum slnk whlch ls
preferably the same slnk as the one to whlch the outlet port 211 is
connected. The bottom subchamber 205 communlcates by way of a duct
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212 wlth the rellef llne 22~ and, theret'ore, wlth tlle pressure medlum
s lnk too.
A compression sprlng 219 ls disposed ln the subch~mber 205 and
boosts the closing movement of the lld 208 so thht the valve stays
c losed in the absence of pressure.
The lid 208 has on Its inflow side a cyllndl-ical extenslon ?1~
which is of substantlally the same dlameter as the ~reatest dlameter
of the lld 208 and which merges at lts bottom end ln the drawlng
into a frustum. The extension 218 extends lnto a flow deflector 229
whose top part is ln the form of a cyllndrical gulde for the
extension 218 and whose bottom part is streamllned. Tl-e deflector
229 is connected by way of a number of radlal rlbs 230 to a rln~
231. The lnside diameter thereof Is substantlE,lly equal ~o ~he
diameter of the valve body 201 in t},e medlum entl-y -one. I'o rece~ve
the r ing 231 the lnlet port 210 ls formed wlth a ~roove adapted ~o
the outside diameter of the ring 231, the groove 232 termlnatln~ at
its top end ln a shoulder in whlch the top end face of the rlng 231
enga~es . The bottom end face thereof bears on t' lange 233 of a I lne
225 cGnnected to the lnlet port 210.
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Consequently, the deflector 229 deflects the medlum ln~ lowin~through the line 225 lnto the annular chamber between the det'lector
229 and the valve body 2~1, so that pulsatinE3 forces produced by the
def lectlon are taken up by the stational-y def lector 229.
Consequer,tly, the lid 208 when open experlences no appreclable
deflections and, therefore, pulsatlnEs t'orces. 'rhe s~reamlined -urface
of the deflector 209 experienclng llle lnt`lowlll~ medluln 15
substantlally free fro~ orlt'lces or pert`oratlons; however, tl-e
deflector 229 can be formed wlth a small bore 1ust I'or expellln~
medlum fron the cavlty when the lld 208 opens and for intakin~ medium
when the lld 20~ makes lts closing move~tent.
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The drawlng shows the safety valve ln ltC normal posltlon -
ie, ln the closed state In thls state the valve 21i ls also in the
closed stste Consequently, the same low pressure JS exlsts In the
relief llne 220 exlsts ln the bottom suchamber 2~5- and - because ot
the restrictor bore 203 - ln the top subchamber 206 and ln the
compensatln~ cylinder end whlch ls remote from the lld 208 and whlch
co~munlcates with the bottom subchamber 206 by way of the duct 212.
The same low pressure as exl~ts In the outlet port 211 also exlsts
in the compensatlng cyllr,der 214 between the lld 208 and the
compensating piston 213 Howevel-, the hl~h pres-ure o~ the medlum
acts on the lld end face near the Inlet porl 210 ind présses the lld
208 seallngly on to the v~lve seat 207 Condensate evolved In the
cyllnder 204 can be removed by w~y of the restrlctor bore 2~3' and
the duct 212
When the control velve 217 OpellS, the hlgh pressure ln the lnlet
port 210 acts by way of the llne 216 ln the top subchamber 206
Slnce the quantlty of pressure medium escaplng throu~h the restrlctor
bore 203' ls very small, the lower pressure in the bottom subchamber
205_ contlnues lnltlally to exlst, the pressure relatlonships ln the
rest of the valve remaining unchanged Since the servopiston end
face whlch bounds the top subchamber 206 ls larger than the lld end
face experlencin~ the hl~h pressure ln the lnlet port 210, the
splndle 209 and all the parts connected thereto descel-d, the ~alve
opening The pressure actln~ on the back ~ lhe lld 20~ also acts on
~he co~pellsatln~ plston end face near the lld Slnce these two end
faces are of substantlally the same size, the resultln~ ~orces callcel
one another out and the posltlon of the lid 208 ls not appreclsbly
affected by pressure surges
When the control valve 217 closes the pressure ln the top
subchamber 206 decreases and the dlfference between, on the one
h~nd, the pressure ln the lnlet port 210 tlmes ~he lld end tace near
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the latter port and, on the other hand, the pr~ssure ln the top
subchamber 2~6 times the servo-piston end fsce near it so acts that
the valve recloses and the lid 208 ls pressed firrnly on to the seat
207. This movement ls further enhanced by the comnpresslon sprlng
209, the pressure dlfference between the two end faces of the
compensating piston 213 and the medium flow. After closure ot` the
valve accordlng to the inventlon the pressur2 in the valve chamber
202 drops and the pressure condltlons operative prlor to the opening
of the control valve 217 are restored.
As a variant of the embodiment described the invention ls also
of use In pressure-medlum-operated fIow-controlling valves.
